Report: Body Was Decomposing in Trunk of Car Driven by Missing Tot's Mom

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Results taken from air samples reveal that a body was decomposing in the trunk of a car driven by the mother of missing Florida toddler Caylee Anthony, a local TV station reported.

Detectives with cadaver dogs said they detected the smell of human decomposition coming from the trunk of the Pontiac Casey Anthony was driving when her little girl disappeared more than two months ago.

The University of Tennessee "Body Farm" conducted the tests on the car's air samples Aug. 10, and on Wednesday their conclusion was released: a human corpse had been decomposing there, according to WESH-2 TV.

Officials have offered Anthony a partial immunity deal if she admits 3-year-old Caylee Marie died as a result of an accident. If she takes the deal, any information Anthony provides to law-enforcement could not be used against her in prosecution.

Why?

Earlier in the day, California bounty hunter Leonard Padilla told the Orlando Sentinel that Anthony has made no effort to help him find Caylee.

"She has not communicated with us at all," Padilla said. "She has no interest in communicating with us."

Padilla, whose nephew posted Anthony's $500,200 bail last week, said if he knew what he knew today about the case, and that the 22-year-old wouldn't cooperate with him, he probably would not have helped get her out of jail.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- The men who helped Casey Anthony get out of jail said Thursday morning they will take steps to get her locked back up. Casey was still a free woman Thursday, but possibly not for long.

Padilla told Eyewitness News he regrets posting the bond, but it was not a complete loss for him; he received a lot of publicity.